Climate change adaptation: Briefing note 6 – Elected representatives Author: NCCARFYear: 2016 This briefing outlines the challenges that elected representatives (mayors, councillors and ministers) face in preparing for a climate changed future. Climate change has the potential to impact many aspects of life and business in Australia. The severity and rate of climate change will… Read More
Climate change adaptation: Briefing note 2 Finance Officer Author: NCCARFYear: 2016 This briefing outlines the challenges that Finance Officers face in preparing for a climate changed future. Climate change has the potential to impact organisations, their assets, supply chains and stakeholders. Organisations need to consider the long-term costs and benefits to build a case for… Read More
Climate change adaptation: Briefing note 3 – Planners Author: NCCARFYear: 2016 This briefing outlines the challenges that planners face in preparing for a climate changed future. Climate change has the potential to impact many aspects of life and business in Australia. Planners are very skilled at looking ahead, to the challenges of the future. Although… Read More
Climate change adaptation: Briefing note 4 – Engineers Author: NCCARFYear: 2016 This briefing outlines the challenges that engineers face in preparing for a climate changed future. Climate change will impact on physical structures, demand new designs and materials, and impact on the way we live in our cities and towns. Engineers have long been at… Read More
Climate change adaptation: Briefing note 1: Community Services Organisations Author: NCCARFYear: 2016 This briefing outlines the challenges that Community Service Organisations face in preparing for a climate changed future. Future climate change is likely to make extreme events (e.g. bushfires and floods) occur more often and/or to become more severe, so increasing the responsibilities of… Read More
Learning from Regional Climate Analogues: Summary Authors: Jon Kellett and David NessYear: 2011 This factsheet summarizes the findings of a project carried out in order to test if: (i) there are regions of Australia, defined by their location, that currently experience climatic conditions which are indicative of future climates elsewhere, and (ii) if these conditions… Read More
Living with Climate Change: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Factsheets for Australia: Tourism Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 The vulnerability of the tourism sector and destinations will depend on the nature of the climate change impact, particularly in the occurrence of extreme events such as droughts, bushfires, cyclones and floods. These events could lead to dramatic declines… Read More
Enhancing disaster resilience and adaptability Authors: Helen Boon, Joanne Millar, David Lake, Alison Cottrell and David KingYear: 2012 This factsheet describes the implementation and findings of a project that examined the community resilience of four disaster impacted communities: Beechworth (bushfire) and Bendigo (drought) in Victoria and Ingham (flood) and Innisfail (cyclone) in Queensland.The resilience of… Read More
Climate Change Adaptation in Floodplain Wetlands: the Macquarie Marshes Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet summarises key findings from a case study on limits to adaptation in the Macquarie Marshes. The Macquarie Marshes has experienced significant declines in biodiversity and populations due to regulation of water supplies, and hence is increasingly vulnerable to projected climate change… Read More
Climate Change Adaptation in the Australian Alps, 2pp, factsheet. Author: NCCARFYear: 2012 This factsheet summarises key findings from a case study on limits to adaptation in the Australian Alps. In the Australian Alps, social, governance and knowledge issues were found to play an important but largely under-recognised role in limiting climate change adaptation. Stakeholders in… Read More
